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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

decodable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • [dɪˈkəʊdəbəɫ] (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree English decode Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English decodable From decode + -able.

Meanings

  1. Able to be read using a certain set of reading knowledge.
    • Decodable books are sold in packs, with more letter combinations appearing in each successive book.
  2. Of a code, having a non-singular extension; being a lossless encoding.
  3. capable of being decoded

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most decodable Degree=Sup lexicographic
more decodable Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

nondecodable · uniquely decodable · undecodable · UD